TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT & DEVICES
Six Reasons to Focus on the Quality of Medtech Devices in India Quality of medical equipment, whether simple or sophisticated, has a direct impact on the quality of care. This especially applies to cases where a patient uses the medical device by themselves, such as a hearing aid, or they are placed on a ventilator under expert supervision, or have a some device installed internally such as a stent by an expert. This could also apply to equipment used in diagnostics and monitoring including in vitro diagnostics, or consumables such as a syringe or a needle that is used by a doctor. For best results, there is no doubt that the quality of the device would remain indispensable to over-all outcome. In fact, given the very nature of a medical device and its immense value to a patient, in somewhat metaphorical terms, quality and medical device must be inseparable from each other. Ashok Patel, CEO and Founder, Max Ventilator
Why is quality so important? Quality is a function of intent and thought First of all, quality begins in the mind. For a manufacturer to produce quality product, their natural thought process should steer towards wanting to make quality medical devices. For this, they must envisage a long shelf life for the product, prompting the use of quality inputs and components.
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